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Ask HN: Gmail alternative? gsuite vs. fastmail vs. kolabnow etc.

2 points by _uy6i ↗ HN
Ready to dump gmail and pay for email service. I'm willing to pay <$10/month. This is really about wanting to own my own email/calendar data - I am not going to host my own, and given how important email is, definitely don't want some fly-by-night operation.

any thoughts as to what is the best way to go? seems like gsuite, kolabnow, fastmail, and outlook/office365 are resonable offerings, any others i should be looking at? any reason one is significantly better than another?

Requirements:

-migrate old gmail

-strong calendar app

-good web interface and iphone compatible (own app or native mail/calendar app)

-would prefer tagging vs folders for organization

-Reputable company with strong security

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devsigner
I know it's 'free', but Protonmail[1] does look promising. Not sure it has a calendar app though. I think Mailbox.org[2] has some office features like a calendar. The basic plan on Mailbox is EUR1.00 per month, but they do have other plans if you need more storage.

[1] https://protonmail.com/donate

[2] https://mailbox.org/en/

_uy6i
Thanks! yeah protonmail doesn't have a calendar - which is a non-starter, but seems to be fairly high on the planned feature list...for 2+years...

Mailbox.org might be interesting but not sure why i would use it over another service?